Sinead Balgobin is the Head of Regional Engagement for the West Midlands at EPSRC. She is responsible for strengthening stakeholder relationships, improving EPSRC knowledge of the research and innovation landscape, and identifying opportunities for collaboration within the West Midlands. Sinead started her career at EPSRC in the Engineering theme managing the Materials Engineering Portfolio. Subsequently she went on to manage the Enabling Technologies research areas before moving on to work in the EPSRC Governance and Planning team, where her responsibilities included establishing, and providing secretarial duties to, the EPSRC Science, Engineering and Technology Board.